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  What it means

  Literally “to handle [someone/something] like an egg.” Just as an egg is fragile and breaks easily, this idiom describes treating someone with extreme caution, delicacy, or excessive care to avoid upsetting them or causing damage.

  Vocabulary

  • obchodzić się — to treat / handle
  • jajko — egg
  • ostrożnie — carefully

  Grammar note

  The preposition 'z' (with) takes the instrumental case ('jajkiem').

  Cultural context

  It is often used with the word 'miękkim' (soft): "Obchodzić się jak z miękkim jajkiem."

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